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Paul Dowdall

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Paul Dowdall

About Paul

Paul is a Partner in the Commercial Property Team, leading the development division of the practice. With almost 20 years of expertise advising on large scale residential and commercial development and funding schemes, Paul is regularly sought out by developers, investors and funders alike. Paul has a wealth of expertise acting for a range of clients across all Real Estate sectors, in particular the office, retail, hotel, build to rent and leisure sectors. He combines technical expertise with commercial understanding, delivering pragmatic and sensible legal solutions. He is the client partner for some of the firm’s key commercial property clients, and has worked on a number of high-value transactions for each of them. That work has involved advising in relation to all aspects of the client’s property transactions, including development and funding, sales, acquisitions and management work.

Areas of Expertise

  • Recent experience includes :- The acquisition and development funding of a £60m+ purpose-built HQ in central Manchester for a world-leading medical research and innovation charity
  • Advising an institutional fund on the strategic acquisition of a residential portfolio of new-build properties across Leeds and Sheffield city centres comprising the first phase of a new £200m alliance between the fund and a UK house builder for a pipeline of 600+ new homes;
  • Working with corporate developer clients on their procurement of land and buildings for various housing conversion and development schemes across the North West;
  • Advising on the multi-million-pound forward funding and development of an iconic former warehouse in Nottingham as a build to rent apartment scheme; and
  • The management of property portfolios, working collaboratively with clients to deliver market facing sales and letting documents geared towards the efficient disposal of assets.

Articles by Paul Dowdall

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Gorvins Solicitors Facilitates UK Biobank’s Move to a Cutting-Edge Headquarters
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Gorvins Solicitors Facilitates UK Biobank’s Move to a Cutting-Edge Headquarters

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Compulsory Purchase Orders: Safeguarding Your Property Rights
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Compulsory Purchase Orders: Safeguarding Your Property Rights

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